This is the trailer for Luc Besson’s Les Aventures Extrodinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec, which looks basically like the French, female Indiana Jones (“Indiana” always seemed like a girl’s name anyway). The trailer is all in French, but that hardly matters when pterodactyls are involved.

The film is the first in a projected trilogy of films based on the nine-volume series by French cartoonist Jaques Tardi. Set in 1912, Adèle Blanc-Sec is a reporter who, according to the AFM synopsis, “fearlessly battling crooks, corrupt politicians, demon worshippers and mad scientists” as “a 136 million-year old pterodactyl egg on a shelf in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the bird subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies.” [via ThePlaylist]

That’s right, and did I mention a talking mummy? Because that’s in there too. And just when you’re like, “Wait, isn’t this a French movie? What about the getting naked and smoking?” BOOM! She gets naked and starts smoking.

I’m a little rusty, but I believe “Blanc-Sec” is French for “Hair Diaper.”

Frenchiana Jones is known by her trademark beret and baguette. She uses it to hit people and stuff. Oh fuck you.

03.23.10 at 4:24 pm

Erswi

Nguyen up.

03.23.10 at 4:25 pm

HoHosWeKnows

@lieBr0–and we can’t give them shit about Indochina, seeing as how we New Jersey Netsed Vietnam a few years later.

03.23.10 at 4:47 pm

Fel W. Brouille

Blanc-Sec actually means “White-Dry” which is also what happens when i ejaculate while being completely dehydrated.

03.24.10 at 8:00 am

SurpriseBukakke

I’d nuke her fridge.

03.24.10 at 8:01 pm

Lone Wolf sans cub

Didn’t they already do this movie in English? It was called Tomb Raider, right?

03.25.10 at 4:21 pm

Argentino

This movie was a complete waste and I feel that it offends ALL Birdemic Fans around the world, that including myself. For one, it was a COMPLETE remaking of the Birds Pack from the Birdemic: Shock and Terror. It gives the birds a bad name and makes them look like some deformed mutation of a rabid seagull. I actually started to like birds after seeing James Nguyen’s appearance on Movie Close Up and all his awesomeness on the big screen at the movies. That was until I saw your crappy remake of what you call to be a “ptérodactyle”. I don’t see how you live with yourself for making it the way you did. If I made this movie, I would be ashamed to even admit that I owned it.